Help! Stuck while installing front strut!!!
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From: Enola, PA
Help! Stuck while installing front strut!!! I'm in the process of installing new shocks and springs, and ran into a snag on the passenger side front strut.
I have the strut assembly out of the car, the spring is compressed, but the nut is rusted on the top of the strut. I hit it with WD-40 and let it sit, cleaned it - and finally (in frustration) held the tip with vice-grips and tried turning it off with a wrench.
Now the tip is messed up, and I can't get the damn nut loose to finish the job. After all this, I hit it with an impact gun (which in retrospect, I should have tried first)...
Funny thing about all this is that I did the driver-side first, thinking it would be the most difficult...
Anybody have any ideas as to how to get this apart? I don't care about destroying the stock shock...
Here's what I'm facing:
http://www.retsik-software.com/oops.jpg
Thanks in advance,
Scott
I have the strut assembly out of the car, the spring is compressed, but the nut is rusted on the top of the strut. I hit it with WD-40 and let it sit, cleaned it - and finally (in frustration) held the tip with vice-grips and tried turning it off with a wrench.
Now the tip is messed up, and I can't get the damn nut loose to finish the job. After all this, I hit it with an impact gun (which in retrospect, I should have tried first)...
Funny thing about all this is that I did the driver-side first, thinking it would be the most difficult...
Anybody have any ideas as to how to get this apart? I don't care about destroying the stock shock...
Here's what I'm facing:
http://www.retsik-software.com/oops.jpg
Thanks in advance,
Scott
I cut the plastic boot, got a pair of vice-grip clamped them on the rod that goes inside the shock on as tight as i could get them, then got an impact wrench it came right off, didnt even mess anything up!!!!!!!!!!!!
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On The Tree
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Seems like a common problem. I (my dad also) spent 4 hours with a chisel and hammer trying to turn the nut. We finally got it and the install was smooth sailing. I placed lumps of grease ontop of this nut prior to install to make sure it doesn't rust again.
Jonathan Hays
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From: Enola, PA
Originally Posted by Twister
Seems like a common problem. I (my dad also) spent 4 hours with a chisel and hammer trying to turn the nut. We finally got it and the install was smooth sailing. I placed lumps of grease ontop of this nut prior to install to make sure it doesn't rust again.
Jonathan Hays
Jonathan Hays
Thanks again everybody!
